Archello Awards · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024 · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024
Winners Announced
Jamesport Beach House
Frank Oudeman
Product Spec Sheet

ElementBrandProduct Name
Outdoor lightLuceplan
TilesPopham Design
Hex Thirds
Pendant lightRoll & Hill
Knotty Bubbles
Bathroom vanities and lavatoriesWETSTYLE
Kitchen cabinetryReform
Refrigerator, induction range, dishwasherBosch

Product Spec Sheet
Outdoor light
Tiles
Hex Thirds by Popham Design
Pendant light
Knotty Bubbles by Roll & Hill
Bathroom vanities and lavatories
Kitchen cabinetry
by Reform
Refrigerator, induction range, dishwasher
by Bosch

Jamesport Beach House

MESH Architectures as Architects

The design of this project responded to the challenge of its long, slender site on a bluff overlooking the Long Island Sound with the spaces arranged to fit the program of a full-sized family house in a location where there had previously been a fishing cottage.

photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman

A guiding concept for how the design related to its site was to defer views of the water: as you approach the house from the road there is no indication of the breathtaking view beyond. As as you approach, the shape of the house changes — the clerestory set-back gable recedes, and views through the windows open up through the length of the house, providing a sense of porosity to a house that occupies the full width of the site.

photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman

The large clerestory window is formed by the split roof. Its dichroic glass directs light into the stairwell and primary bedroom that changes color and position as the sun moves across the sky.

photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman

These two motifs contribute a sense of lightness and the passage of the day.

The house efficiently provides 3 bedrooms, media room, and home office along with a large family space opening onto a deck.

photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman

The house was built to passive house principles with exceptional insulation, triple-pane passive house windows, and geothermal heating and cooling. The house does not use gas for heating or cooking.

photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman

Team:

Architects: MESH Architectures

Photographer: Frank Oudeman

photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
photo_credit Frank Oudeman
Frank Oudeman
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